Rabbi Thomas Solomon officiated a conventional Jewish wedding ceremony that paid homage to the enduring environment of Resort du Cap. “It was crucial to Elliot’s household and to me, now that I’ve transformed, that it is a conventional Jewish ceremony,” Sofia says. “Legally we needed to get married within the States earlier than hand, so proper earlier than [we left for France], we bought married at house with simply our dad and mom. We learn our vows then as a result of we felt it was very private, one thing only for our households to listen to and expertise within the privateness of our house.”
Afterward, friends gathered for cocktails, dinner, and speeches, with the bride’s sister Nicole emceeing the whole night. “It was hysterical,” Sofia says. “It was stuffed with comedy. My dad, Elliot’s dad, and Elliot’s finest pal, Jack, gave unbelievable speeches. It was very candy—actually unbelievable!”
Following dinner, Sofia become a enjoyable, flirty Claudia Schiffer–impressed Chanel look. “We re-created the Claudia Schiffer corset costume from the early ’90s,” she explains. “Then I used to be prepared to bop till the solar rose with my family members.” With that in thoughts, the daddy of the bride carried out two of his daughter’s favourite songs on the wedding ceremony. “My favorites have all the time been ‘Hiya’ and ‘Caught on You,’” Sofia says. “I all the time stated it could be a dream to do our first dance to ‘Caught on You’—’Hiya’ was a shock, and the entire room was singing alongside.”
The after-party, which had a nightclub-inspired vibe, featured a efficiency from Good Charlotte, who each Sofia and Elliot grew up listening to. “I did, clearly, as a result of they’re household,” she notes, referring to Nicole’s husband, the band’s lead vocalist Joel Madden. “Elliot was such an enormous Good Charlotte fan when he was a child, and Joel and Elliot have grow to be like brothers. Anyway, they have not carried out in, like, 5 years, they usually introduced their band out of Nashville and LA, and it was one of the crucial enjoyable nights of my life. They’re true rock stars. Between my dad and Good Charlotte, it was unbelievable. And most significantly, it actually seems like household, which is precisely how we wished the marriage to really feel.”
Households and associates danced till 3 am, earlier than the newlyweds—together with their bridesmaids and groomsmen—ended up again in the identical villa the place it had all began earlier that day. “We recapped the evening and ordered huge bowls of pasta together with each French meals you might think about,” Sofia says. “We simply sat round recapping till the morning. It was nice!” For Sofia, it was served as the last word reflection of how she approached the celebration as an entire. “One piece of recommendation I obtained that I’ve carried all through the marriage weekend was to go searching and actually soak up all of the love round us—as a result of it’s so uncommon and so particular to have your whole family members in a single place.”